Tabs with lyrics
Band: Los Lonely Boys
Album: Forgiven
Song Title: Superman
- The solo's and improv's are in
Eb MajorEb Pentatonic Minor and
Eb MajorEb Blues. Henry hits flat 5ths
7ths here a la Stevie Ray Vaughan. Descending 3-note intervals are also frequently used
this song.
- Send me an e-mail if you want a transcription of this in standard tuning.
Enjoy!
Tuning:
Eb MajorEb (1/2 step down)
or
D#D#
Chords:
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G#7G#7
eb|-(0)--(2)----5--|
Bb majorBb|--3----5-----8--|
GbGb|--1----3-----6--|
DbDb|--0----2-----5--|
AbAb|--2----4-----7--|
Eb MajorEb|--0----2-----5--|
Intro: 00:00 - 00:11.
eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0~--|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2---------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-3/5--5-5p3---3------------------|
GbGb|------------4---4p2-4p2p0--------|
DbDb|--------------------------0h1h2~-|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
Is it alright if I sing you guys a song?
eb|-0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0--------0--|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------------------------------3/5---5--|
GbGb|---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2-----------------|
DbDb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
I'm gonna do my best right here.
Verse 1: 00:11 - 00:43.
- Improvise as you please (e.g. trills, add notes to chords, solo after a bar)
Eb7Eb7
Why she wants me,
F7F7
I ask myself.
G#7G#7 [Fill]
I know I'm not the best lookin' guy around.
Eb7Eb7
Oh, does she love me?
F7F7
Well I guess so,
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Cuz she always says I'm her hero!
eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0~--|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2---------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-3/5--5-5p3---3------------------|
GbGb|------------4---4p2-4p2p0--------|
DbDb|--------------------------0h1h2~-|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
eb|-0----4--0----------0----3--0----------0----2--0--|
Bb majorBb|-----------------------------------------------0--|
GbGb|---4---------/3---3---3---------/2---2---2--------|
DbDb|--------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|--------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: 00:44 - 01:03.
Eb7Eb7
She makes me stronger,
F7F7
with all she does.
G#7G#7 [Fill]
Oh, I can't live without her love. No.
Eb7Eb7
I stop me a freight train.
F7F7
I fly high like a jet plane
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Just so I can get to her.
Chorus: 01:04 - 01:27.
- Just do the Intro Riff
Eb7Eb7
She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.
Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!
Eb7Eb7
'Cuz She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.
Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!
Solo: 01:28 - 01:50.
====
G#7G#7 (2x)
Bridge: 01:51 - 02:02.
F7F7
For my baby
G#7G#7
I'm her man of steel.
F7F7
I can't deny,
G#7G#7
the way she makes me feel!
Verse 3: 02:02 - 02:13.
E7E7
Oh, I stop me a freight train.
F7F7
I fly high like a jet plane,
G#7G#7 (Hang)
Just so I can get to her...
G#7G#7
Just so I can get to her!
Chorus: 02:14 - 01:27.
Eb7Eb7
She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.
Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!
Eb7Eb7
'Cuz She's my lady.
F7F7
I'm thinkin' maybe...
G#7G#7
I'm gonna do what I can.
Eb7Eb7
To show that I love her.
F7F7
I really need her.
G#7G#7
I wanna be her Superman!
Outro: 02:38 - 03:03
eb|--------0----4--0----------0----3--0--------------0-------2---0------|
Bb majorBb|------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
GbGb|-/4---4---4---------/3---3---3---------/2-----2-------2--------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Do blues pentatonic licks on the open and 2nd positions, and trills on the bass notes,
slide down from 12th fret octave]
End on
Is it alright if I sing you guys a song?
eb|-7-| eb|---|
Bb majorBb|-0-|
Bb majorBb|---|
GbGb|-7-| Then...Gb|---|
DbDb|-6-|
DbDb|---|
AbAb|-7-|
AbAb|---|
Eb MajorEb|---|
Eb MajorEb|-0-|
And that's it!
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